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lack

Meaning of “lack”

Sense 1: To be without or in need of something. Sense 2: As a noun, want, shortage, or absence.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
15 occurrences14 verses13 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 18:28

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Deuteronomy 8:9
A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 8:9 · retained source text

A lande wherein thou shalt eate bread without scarcenes, thou shalt not lacke any thing in it: a lande whose stones are yron, and out of whose hils thou mayest digge brasse.

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Historical definitions

To want; to be destitute of; not to have or possess.

volume 2, leaf 31, column 3 (main_dictionary)